PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£154.98 @ Dabs) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.99 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: ASRock B150M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£61.98 @ More Computers) Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£36.34 @ Ebuyer) Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£63.29 @ Amazon UK) Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card (£165.58 @ More Computers) Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£77.98 @ Amazon UK) Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£87.61 @ CCL Computers) Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.00 @ CCL Computers) Total: £681.75 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-18 01:16 BST+0100 Added a mobo with a price, changed the cpu to an i5, downgraded the gpu to a still very decent r9 380. This build has a lot of room for upgrade with a 750w PSU. Using DDR 4 memory and the newest gen Skylake architecture, it will be cheaper to upgrade. Want more RAM? Buy another 8GB stick. Easy. Want to upgrade to a new i7? This board will use it. etc etc
Only 250GB of storage? SSDs are not necessary, just get a 1TB HDD for less money. Also, a single RAM stick is not a good idea, single channel DIMM is slower, and if it dies your whole PC is down until you can get a new one. And a 212 Evo is not necessary for a locked CPU. Intel box cooler is good enough for stock clocks if you have decent airflow. Finally, the case is quite expensive for the build. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tq8GCJ £20 less, with a GTX 970 and dual channel RAM. An i5-4460 is almost as powerful as a 6500 (the latter is ~5% better).
I was under the impression that the new Skylake processors did not come with coolers anymore. The OP already has a HDD and wants a SSD for his OS. That's true, he could get 2x4GB. The bandwidth is not an issue as even single-channel bandwidth will never be a bottleneck for gaming, but it might be helpful in the extremely rare case that his RAM stick fails. That said, your build is pretty good and the 970 is a solid card.
It's just the K processors that don't have stock coolers. Ah, ok then. My build should be ~£680 with a 250GB SSD. I could change the PSU, 750W is a bit overkill for a 970 TBH. 600W would be fine.
I have been changing some things around and I think that I would want to get a 600w PSU just to be safe. Is this a good choice?
Yes, it should be fine. CX PSUs are not the best but they're still as good as you'd expect from Corsair.
my pc build was less than yours all it needs is a better cpu which is your budget it runs beamng on full at 40-50 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bw9WhM
my build is pretty good but it does not have a quad core but is upgradeable which is in the budget for you. It was not for me the i3 works great im planning to upgrade to a 4690k http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vg66wP
I already ordered it and as Zorin said, I got an i5-4690K and a GTX 970 4GB for the same price. Also it would be pointless if I bought a CPU that I planned to upgrade, waste of money.
